The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations. 1 And [by] the promised Day 2 And the witness and the witnessed, 3 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 when they were seated over it 6 and they were witnesses of what they did to the believers 7 And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. 9 Those who persecute the believing men and women without repenting will suffer the torment of hell and that of the burning fire. 10 Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success. 11 The vengeance of God is terribly severe. 12 Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection). 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 The Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 The great doer of what He will. 16 Has the story of the armies reached you, 17 of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 But those who disbelieve are engaged in denial. 19 and God is behind them, encompassing. 20 Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, 21 (Preserved) on the guarded tablet. 22